19.3% ▲ +22.7%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Sutherland · Suburb / Locality
Language in Sutherland
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Roughly 19.3% of people in Sutherland use a language other than English at home, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. While this is a little below the national average, it is actually much higher than most similar areas. English remains the primary language for the vast majority of residents.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 76.3% of people speak only English, with Mandarin at 2.2% and Cantonese at 1.4% being the next most common. Only 2.3% of the population speak little or no English, which is a little below the national figure of 3.4%.
2.3% ▼ -14.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Sutherland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13716/sutherland/topic/language